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In order to end 4ESO on a high note, this final project attempts to make you laugh and at the same time dispel the role of humour in life.
These are some of the questions we will explore:
Do you have a sense of humour?
Can you tell and understand jokes in English?
What are your preferred types of humour?
Is humour necessary? Does it have any benefits?
Are there limits to humour?
In order to find out the answer to these questions we'll carry out many accountable activities that will lead up to two FINAL PRODUCTS:
BYE BYE ESO: A funny short act in groups for all 4ESO students. A light-hearted class farewell performance (assessment)
An opinion essay: Is humour necessary? Here is a template to develoop a critical analysis with arguments you have learnt throughout the project with co-evaluation (rubric assessment)
Social Media: The best resulting products in the project will be posted on the school Social Media (instagram, youtube, school TV, school web...) as well as jokes and memes you chose in class.
Follow-up: If time allows, this project is carried out at the same time with other schools and end products can be shared on a Fun Festival in one of the schools.
#Task 1: Ready to laugh?
#Task 1: Ready to laugh?
#Task 2: Funny Conversations
#Task 2: Funny Conversations
TASK 2
Conversation 1: Go to slide 14. What makes you laugh? (in pairs, ask and answer the questions in a conversation style)
Watch out for the pronunciation of laugh, laughter, laughing embarassed, clumsy, nervous, hilarious!
Conversation 2: Go to slide 15. Spin the wheel (1 minute talking per person minimum)
✅ Evaluation: Post them on Sites/Oral production. Remember to reflect critically on the activity: What did you learn? How did you perform?
#Task 3: what makes teens laugh today?
#Task 3: what makes teens laugh today?
Read this article from the New York Times and look into the text and especially the comments. Send your comment too and if you get published, extra points!
✅Evaluation: Post on your Sites/writing productions: New York Times comment screenshot with reflection
✅Evaluation: Post on your Sites/writing productions: New York Times comment screenshot with reflection
#Task 4: Which type of humour are you?
#Task 4: Which type of humour are you?
#Task 5: April the Fool!
#Task 5: April the Fool!
TASK 4
What is April the Fool?
Where does the tradition come from?
Do you know any famous pranks or hoaxes?
✅Evaluation: GClassroom tasks
#Task 6: Language
#Task 6: Language
What did they say?
REPORTED SPEECH is the language used to tell somebody 's words, like a joke!
Learn to use direct speech and indirect speech effectively!
✅Evaluation: Grammar exam
#Task 7: Funny Reads
#Task 7: Funny Reads
TASK 6
You are going to look into ideas why humour is necessary for your essay.
Choose at least 3 texts or videos from this section to get inspired
Take notes, highlight the best ideas for you in the following checklist:
✅Evaluation: Part of your mark in your Essay will be the notes taken
Laughter is the best medicine (obligatory reading for everyone)
Why exercising your sense of humour is so important
Black humour is a sign of high intelligence
Why the funniest people are often the saddest
When do tragedies become funny?
10 reasons why humour is a key to success at work
La gent riu més com menys coses té: Interview with the clown Tortell Poltrona
#Task 8: Opinion Essay "Why is humour necessary?"
#Task 8: Opinion Essay "Why is humour necessary?"
Now you have a list of great ideas why humour is necessary for us from reading and watching videos.
Read the 10 tips for PRO WRITING
Read the rubric: the assessment for this task.
Write 120 words B1, 220 words for B2 and 250 words for C1.
Include ideas quoting from at least 2 articles or videos from different sources.
Practice the CONNECTORS for OPINION ESSAY
EXAMPLES on how to quote the ideas from the texts:
Direct speech:
"Laughter connects us to others," according to the psychologist Sophie Scott.
👉 (quotation marks, comma before the speech, exact words)
Indirect speech:
The psychologist Sophie Scott claims that laughter connects us to others.
👉 (no quotation marks, backshift not needed here because it’s a general truth)
Direct speech:
According to Tortell Poltrona, "People laugh more when they have less."
Indirect speech:
Tortell Poltrona said that people laugh more when they have less.
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EVALUATION
Evaluation with rubric: Send the text to google classroom so your teacher can correct it
Rewrite the second version using ChatGPT with the prompt: Can you improve this essay, checking the grammar, vocabulary, spelling and structure? Give me a list of 5 ideas to improve to reach my level B1/B2/C1
✅ Evaluation: Post the 2 versions on sites/written productions. Include a reflection on 5 ways the feedback will help you improve your English
#Task 9: Serious Humour
#Task 9: Serious Humour
1) We'll create some serious humour art in pairs. You may use IA for Image Creation ( Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Copilot Designer, ChatGPT or Google Gemini)
Check out presentation Assessment: rubric from padlet productions)
2) Then, we'll debate: ARE THERE LIMITS TO HUMOR?
-Get in groups and prepare your arguments
- Use ChatGPT to get arguments and counterarguments for and against the limits of humour.
Using the puzzle technique, we'll split the class into A (for) and B (against) to get many arguments!
Then, we'll get into groups of 6, 3As and 3Bs to practise your debating skills.
Finally, All As and All Bs will defend your group view. Read carefully this rubric to get ideas.
#Task 10
#Task 10
Perfoming your act! Let's get all in a fun mood to close the project. After learning about types of humour and its benefits, time to put it all into practice!
In groups of 3-4 perform a short act with the help of AI of 2-5 minutes to get us all in stitches.
a skit
a rap battle
a song
Rubric single point: Did you make the audience laugh?
A pep talk
A pep talk
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